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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Mike Honcho (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Roose Bolton (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Honcho comes to the cage accompanied by 30 Seconds to Mars- Battle of One. Mike Honcho could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Roose Bolton's chin.
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175 lbs
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BJJ Blue Belt
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the welterweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
5 - 2 - 0, fighting out of New York, Mike Honcho!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
4 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Roose Bolton!
The judges for this bout are Jorge Garcia, Chad Campbell and Jonathan Paton.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Bolton misses with a two punch combination.
Honcho drives through with a takedown into guard.
Bolton has momentary wrist control but Honcho slips an elbow through the middle.
Honcho won't allow Bolton to get back to his feet.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Bolton doesn't do any damage with a couple of strikes from the bottom.
Honcho missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Honcho preventing the sweep.
Honcho passes into half guard under a barage of strikes.
Bolton is not content to let Honcho control the position.
Bolton is trying to get back to full guard.
Bolton keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Bolton keeps the fight on the outside.
Honcho fails with a takedown attempt.
Bolton cracks Honcho with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Bolton ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Bolton rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Honcho moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Honcho closes the distance and gets a double leg, slamming Bolton to the mat! Bolton manages to get full guard.
Bolton trying to control the position.
Honcho won't allow Bolton to sweep him here.
Honcho stops Bolton from standing up.
Honcho postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Bolton wants to stand and escape but Honcho is having none of it.
Honcho postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Honcho is breathing heavily.
Honcho throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Bolton works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Honcho postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Bolton swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Roose Bolton seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A punch lands to the side of Honcho 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Honcho has taken the fight to the clinch.
Bolton is trying to break free.
Bolton wants to break free but Honcho has control.
Bolton wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Honcho has him pressed against the cage.
Honcho goes for a takedown attempt but Bolton pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Bolton takes one to the chin there.
Bolton throws a nice looking combination but Honcho bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Honcho shoots in for a takedown and gets it.
Bolton tries to get to full guard but Honcho has control of the leg.
Honcho wants to pass to mount but Bolton is defending the position.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bolton regains full guard, whilst avoiding punches from Honcho.
Bolton wants to sweep here but Honcho controlling him for the moment.
Honcho in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Bolton is avoiding any damage by keeping wrist control.
Honcho throws and elbow that misses. Bolton uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Honcho's guard. Nice move by Bolton!
Bolton trying to control the position from guard on top but Honcho is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Bolton in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Honcho throws a couple of weedy looking strikes off his back.
Honcho punching from the bottom.
Bolton throwing strikes but missing.
Honcho is looking to stand up but Bolton isn't so interested in that idea.
Bolton controlling from the top position.
Bolton preventing the sweep.
Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
A right-left combo lands from Bolton.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Mike Honcho dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
A chopping leg kick lands by Honcho.
Bolton fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Honcho wants to clinch.
Bolton misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
A left and a right from Bolton both land. Nice combination.
Honcho throws a nice outside leg kick.
Bolton throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Bolton takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
Honcho moves into the clinch successfully.
Honcho is working for takedown but Bolton is calmly controlling the position for now.
Bolton has had enough of the clinch but Honcho keeps him there for the moment.
Bolton is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Bolton escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Honcho throws a sloppy head kick and Bolton moves out of range easily.
Bolton scores with the left hand. Honcho knows he should have avoided that one.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Bolton misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Honcho tries to land a front kick but Bolton steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Bolton fails to land with a series of punches.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Honcho throws a left and a right that both miss
and Bolton counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Honcho goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
Honcho throws a nice head kick!
Bolton lands a jab to the nose.
Honcho tries for a takedown but Bolton sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Roose Bolton is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Honcho is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Bolton.
Honcho tries for a takedown but Bolton sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Mike Honcho. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Honcho misses with a takedown attempt - Bolton sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Bolton lands a jab-cross combination.
Bolton goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Honcho plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Honcho throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Bolton's waist but Bolton gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Honcho off to one side.
Mike Honcho is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Bolton misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Honcho changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Bolton tries to avoid it but Honcho manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Bolton to the ground. Bolton escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Bolton thows a body shot but no joy.
Bolton throws an overhand right that lands on Honcho's shoulder, as Honcho tries to avoid the shot.
Honcho will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bolton stuffs the takedown.
Bolton ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Bolton throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Bolton throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Honcho moves into the clinch successfully.
Honcho lands a right hand that snaps the head of Bolton backwards.
Bolton wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Bolton wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Honcho has him pressed against the cage.
Honcho turns his back and goes for a hip toss. It's a bit messy but it gets the job done and Honcho manages to end up in side control.
The strikes coming from Honcho are missing the target in this wave of attacks.
Honcho grinds an elbow into Bolton's temple.
Bolton is looking to regain half guard here but Honcho keeps moving and retains side control.
Bolton is looking to work his way out of this bad position but Honcho is controlling him well.
Bolton is looking for a sweep.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bolton taking punishment in the form of punches.
Bolton tries to buck Honcho off but Honcho is having none of it.
Honcho has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Honcho working the ground and pound.
Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Honcho looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Bolton is fending him off so far but Honcho persists. Nope, Bolton circles away and we're back to standing.
Bolton stuffs the takedown attempt from Honcho. Honcho gets slowly back to his feet.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Bolton!
Bolton comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Bolton avoids a punch combination nicely.
Honcho walks into a left hand.
Nice shot by Honcho.
Honcho gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Bolton.
Bolton will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Honcho scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Bolton catches Honcho with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bolton has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Bolton lands with a nice body punch.
Bolton connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Honcho's hands.
Honcho moves into the clinch successfully.
Bolton wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Honcho has Bolton pressed against the cage.
Honcho pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Roose Bolton seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Bolton throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Honcho on the side of the head.
Honcho walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
A good leg kick by Honcho.
Bolton swats away the attempt to clinch by Honcho.
A punch combination from Bolton misses.
Honcho fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Bolton scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Honcho lands a high kick!
Bolton has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Honcho finds it's way round the side to connect with Bolton's head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but Roose Bolton will probably get the nod - 10:9.
That's time! Back to the action!
A combination from Bolton does no damage.
Honcho misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Bolton throws a right hand that Honcho ducks under and follows up with a left that Honcho also avoids with ease.
Bolton scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Bolton lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Nice uppercut there from Bolton.
Bolton throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Honcho stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Honcho throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Honcho is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Bolton will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Honcho moves into the clinch.
Honcho is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Bolton gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Bolton is trying to break the clinch but Honcho has him pressed against the cage.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Bolton wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Honcho is pushing Bolton up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Bolton is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Honcho prevents Bolton from breaking the clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Honcho fails to pull guard.
Honcho lands a nice knee to the body.
Honcho breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Bolton misses with a few strikes there.
Bolton with a hook.
Honcho throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Bolton scores with a crisp jab that stopped Honcho in his tracks.
Honcho looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Mike Honcho. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Honcho has closed the distance and engaged Bolton in a clinch.
Bolton is looking to break free of the clinch but Honcho has double underhooks.
Honcho scores with a shot to the side of Bolton's head.
A nice right hand lands inside from Honcho.
Honcho scores with a shoulder strike.
Bolton has had enough of the clinch but Honcho keeps him there for the moment.
Bolton avoiding damage as Honcho throws knees to the body.
Bolton escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Bolton swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Honcho takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Honcho closes the distance and clinches up with Bolton, looking for a takedown. Honcho pushes Bolton against the cage but Bolton circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Honcho misses with a double jab.
Bolton works the jab nicely.
Bolton jabs at Honcho's body.
Honcho connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Honcho closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Honcho pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
A jab from Bolton does it's job there.
Honcho misses with a low kick as Bolton jumps back.
Bolton throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Bolton misses with a few strikes there.
Bolton throws an overhand right that lands on Honcho's shoulder, as Honcho tries to avoid the shot.
Honcho blocks a jab.
A decent looking body kick lands there for Honcho.
Honcho with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Bolton to score with a decent uppercut.
Bolton rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Honcho moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Bolton misses with the combination.
Bolton has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Honcho finds it's way round the side to connect with Bolton's head.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bolton throws a nice looking combination but Honcho bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Bolton rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Honcho moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Bolton misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Honcho throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Honcho scores with the left hand. Bolton knows he should have avoided that one.
Bolton scores with a jab. Honcho acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Bolton misses with a double jab.
Bolton misses with a series of wild punches.
Honcho looks to land a combination but Bolton avoids it well.
Bolton looks to land a combination. Honcho sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Honcho looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Honcho shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Bolton but Bolton pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Bolton lands a body shot.
Bolton falls off balance throwing a combination
and Honcho makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Honcho takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Bolton keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Bolton uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Honcho has time to react.
A chopping leg kick lands by Honcho.
Bolton scores with a hook.
Honcho closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Bolton wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Honcho can't get the takedown.
A right handed body shot lands from Bolton.
Honcho working aggressively here.
Honcho escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Honcho ducks right into an uppercut from Bolton.
Bolton lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Bolton.
Bolton stuffs the takedown.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Bolton, as that shot connected.
Bolton throws a combination that misses
and Honcho moves into the clinch.
Bolton is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Honcho lands an elbow that stopped Bolton in his tracks for a moment.
Bolton breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Bolton lands a slapping body shot.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close third round but Roose Bolton just about did enough to take it.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.
Honcho drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard.
Honcho throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Honcho throwing strikes from guard but Bolton blocks nicely.
Bolton tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Honcho working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Honcho is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there.
Honcho throws a big right hand that misses.
Bolton looking for a sweep. Not yet Bolton, not yet.
It's got to the stage where if one of these guys blows hard enough, the other might fall over.
That's one minute gone in the round.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Nice sprawl there from Bolton as Honcho shoots in.
Honcho scores with a kick to the midsection.
Bolton throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Bolton darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Honcho misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Bolton throws a right and a left that Honcho avoids nicely.
Honcho looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Honcho feints and as Bolton raises his hands in defense, Honcho changes levels and drives through with a takedown into guard.
Honcho gets to his feet - Bolton follows without any prompting.
Bolton tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Bolton throws a right and a left that both miss.
Honcho fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Bolton manages to avoid it.
Honcho moves in looking to clinch but Bolton pushes him off.
Honcho takes one to the side of the head.
Honcho fails in his attempt to clinch.
Bolton scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Honcho doesn't seem bothered though.
Honcho looks to score with a jab to the body but Bolton is just out of range.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Honcho misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Mike Honcho. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Honcho takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Honcho throws a right and a left that Bolton avoids nicely.
Danga de danga de dang - Bolton scores with a four punch combination!
Honcho takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Bolton moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Honcho tries to clinch but Bolton is having none of it.
A punch combination from Bolton misses.
Bolton misses with a combination
and Honcho counters with an outside leg kick.
Honcho bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
Bolton throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Honcho sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Honcho shoots for a double leg takedown but Bolton sprawls well. He's pushed Honcho's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Honcho ducks under a wild hook from Bolton.
Bolton looks to land a right hand but Honcho moved out of range.
Honcho looking to land some kicks to the body here.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Honcho closes the distance and clinches.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Bolton is trying to break the clinch but Honcho has him pressed against the cage.
Honcho tries to score a body lock takedown but Bolton shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
Honcho keeps control of Bolton as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
A short right from Honcho on the inside.
Bolton is trying to break the clinch but Honcho has him pressed against the cage.
Honcho is trying to drag Bolton to the mat but Bolton just about manages to keep his footing. He used the cage to his advantage there.
Bolton is trying to break the clinch but Honcho has him pressed against the cage.
Honcho breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Bolton thuds a left hand into Honcho's body.
A big left from Bolton misses.
Honcho shoots for a takedown but Bolton saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Bolton lands with a hook. Honcho tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Honcho takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Bolton throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Honcho shoots in and drives through. Bolton sprawls well.
Bolton works over Honcho's head and body with a nice combination.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
No luck for Honcho with that takedown attempt.
Bolton misses with a jab, cross combination.
No luck for Honcho with that takedown attempt.
Bolton lands a body shot.
Honcho fails to land the takedown.
Bolton falls off balance throwing a combination
and Honcho counters with a slapping leg kick.
Bolton misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Honcho.
Bolton avoids a kick to the body.
Honcho falls off balance throwing a combination
letting Bolton counter with a right hand.
Honcho misses with a looping left.
Bolton scores with a three punch combo!
Bolton throws a lazy right hand but Honcho sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Honcho closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.
Bolton misses with some strikes from the bottom.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Mike Honcho had his way with Roose Bolton in that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!
Bolton throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Bolton looks to land a combination but Honcho avoids it well.
Honcho looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Bolton lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Honcho tries to bum rush Bolton with a series of wild strikes but Bolton uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Honcho fails with an attempt to clinch.
Honcho lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Honcho.
Honcho scores with a jab to the head.
Bolton swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Honcho fails with the takedown
and Bolton counters with a nice uppercut.
Honcho throws a right and a left that Bolton avoids nicely.
A punch combination from Bolton misses.
A combination from Bolton does no damage.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Honcho!
A good leg kick by Honcho.
Bolton throws a series of punches but Honcho moves out of range.
Both of our modern day gladiators look out of it here - an gruelling 5 rounds of action taking it's toll on them, no doubt.
Honcho closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Honcho has a couple of punches blocked by Bolton.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Bolton wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Bolton wants to get back to striking at distance but Honcho won't allow it.
Honcho goes for a takedown in the clinch but Bolton prevents it.
Honcho doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Bolton is looking to break free of the clinch but Honcho has double underhooks.
Honcho throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Boltons head.
Honcho keeps control of Bolton as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Honcho lands a left hand.
Honcho goes for a takedown in the clinch but Bolton prevents it.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Mike Honcho. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Bolton wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Honcho has him pressed against the cage.
Honcho lands a shot to the body.
Bolton wants to break free but Honcho has control.
Honcho is trying to trip Bolton. He has hold of a leg but Bolton is hopping around, keeping his balance for the moment. Honcho persists though and gets the takedown into guard.
Bolton trying to control the position.
Bolton is in a good position here but he's just trying to control... And he's not even managing to do that successfully.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Honcho scoring with punches to the head and body.
Bolton looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Bolton working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Honcho.
Bolton avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Honcho looking to pass the guard.
Bolton preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
No luck for Honcho with that takedown attempt.
Bolton lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Honcho looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Bolton paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Honcho gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Bolton wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bolton is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Honcho has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Bolton avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
Honcho prevents Bolton from breaking the clinch.
Bolton is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Bolton wants to break the clinch but can't.
Honcho tries to score a body lock takedown but Bolton shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
Honcho is working for takedown but Bolton is calmly controlling the position for now.
Bolton is trying to break free.
Bolton wants to break the clinch but can't.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Honcho creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Honcho turns his back and goes for a hip toss. It's a bit messy but it gets the job done and Honcho manages to end up in side control.
Honcho tries to move to full mount but Bolton actually manages to regain half guard.
Honcho seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Honcho throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Honcho wants to take a breather but Bolton is having none of it.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bolton is trying to stand up here but Honcho is controlling him well.
Bolton is looking to get back to is feet but Honcho passes into side control.
Bolton tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Bolton is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Honcho uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Bolton.
Honcho closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Bolton wants to break the clinch but can't.
Bolton scores with a shot to the side of Honcho's head.
Bolton takes an elbow to the temple.
Honcho has Bolton pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Bolton manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
Bolton wants to get back to striking at distance but Honcho won't allow it.
Honcho lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Honcho pushes Bolton back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Bolton wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Bolton breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
And that's the end of the fight!
Mike Honcho showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Honcho has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Jorge Garcia scores the fight 49:46
Judge Chad Campbell scores the fight 48:47
Judge Jonathan Paton scores the fight 49:47
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Mike Honcho!
Mike Honcho is the new welterweight champion!
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C
A |
G |
S |
C
B |
G |
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C |
G |
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energy
A | B |
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hype
A | B |
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pop
A | B |
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mgr
A | B |
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FIGHT
RATING
92% |
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